Where's the best place to buy an ATI HD 5870?

Taryl

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I'm looking for a good place to buy this video card. So far, the card with the lowest price and the highest rating is from ASUS, and it's here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...4121346&cm_re=ati_5870-_-14-121-346-_-Product

The thing is, I don't really like this sentence, "This Item is only available for the purchase of DIY PC combo."

Do they want me to buy this whole "combo" to get the video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...SubCategory=48&SortField=0&PageSize=10&page=1

Because i don't have 4.6 grand to spend...

Anyway, if they DO require you to spend that 4.6 grand to get this vid card, can anyone advise me on a cheap and reliable place to get an HD 5870?
 
I'm looking for a good place to buy this video card. So far, the card with the lowest price and the highest rating is from ASUS, and it's here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...4121346&cm_re=ati_5870-_-14-121-346-_-Product

The thing is, I don't really like this sentence, "This Item is only available for the purchase of DIY PC combo."

Do they want me to buy this whole "combo" to get the video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...SubCategory=48&SortField=0&PageSize=10&page=1

Because i don't have 4.6 grand to spend...

Anyway, if they DO require you to spend that 4.6 grand to get this vid card, can anyone advise me on a cheap and reliable place to get an HD 5870?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161301

Click Add to cart and you should have to worry about combo deals. You should never have to spend extra just to get 1 item...
 
Availability of these cards should stabilize pretty shorly. I came across this article last night at Tech Report website

40-nm yields have stabilized, AMD says
by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:43 PM on December 22, 2009

Are the dismal shortages afflicting AMD's Radeon HD 5800-series graphics cards behind us for good? We checked availability last week and found a healthy number of cards in stock, but prices were still inflated, and we weren't sure if we were looking at a brief rainshower or the end of the drought.

So, we asked AMD. The company now tells us 40-nm yields at TSMC have stabilized, and supply of 5800-series cards should ramp up from here.

TSMC, the Taiwanese foundry that produces GPUs for both AMD and Nvidia, has been the main cause of the shortages. The firm owned up to poor yields—around 40%— in late October, but its CEO promised things would be back in order by the end of the year. Sounds like the company kept that promise.

5800-series graphics cards look downright plentiful at Newegg today: we see seven Radeon HD 5850s and seven Radeon HD 5870s in stock, although prices are still higher than they should be. (The 5850s start at around $310, 50 bucks north of the suggested retail price, while the cheapest 5870s are about $20 above MSRP.) Of course, AMD still lacks any direct competition from Nvidia on the DirectX 11 front.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/18186
 
Availability of these cards should stabilize pretty shorly. I came across this article last night at Tech Report website

So what's the "lowest" price or the MSRP for the 5870?

Just get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...121345&cm_re=Asus_5870-_-14-121-345-_-Product
If I'm right, it's the same Asus card that you wanted, except that it costs $10 more since it's not part of the DIY combo.

Technically, I would have a loss of $38.50 if i bought that. Since the card is already about $20 higher than the MSRP (lowest price, i think, is 400, therefore 380 = MSRP, 400 - 380 = 20), 10 dollars for the for the price being higher than the lowest price (410 - 400 = 10) and shipping, which is $8.50.

That could score me a whole new video game to play with the card, or, as a food lover, about 7 Subway foot-longs. Damn economy.

I need cheaper.
 
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So what's the "lowest" price or the MSRP for the 5870?



Technically, I would have a loss of $38.50 if i bought that. Since the card is already about $20 higher than the MSRP (lowest price, i think, is 400, therefore 380 = MSRP, 400 - 380 = 20), 10 dollars for the for the price being higher than the lowest price (410 - 400 = 10) and shipping, which is $8.50.

That could score me a whole new video game to play with the card, or, as a food lover, about 7 Subway foot-longs. Damn economy.

I need cheaper.

You get what you pay for...
 
Don't need them.



Uh...this card should be like $50 off because of this bug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xb2rrrFuEE

One of the main reasons I'd buy this card for is to play GTA 4, which ,as u can see up there, is screwy with this card.

Water issues in GTA does not warrant a significant screw up in the card. You have to take account that these cards are brand new thus there will be bugs. With bugs there will be fixes so dont expect zero discrepancies right out the box. That applies with every video card. If any video card was perfect then I think we would be on the perfect video card bandwagon. Not a very valid reason to knock off 50 dollars...
 
Water issues in GTA does not warrant a significant screw up in the card. You have to take account that these cards are brand new thus there will be bugs. With bugs there will be fixes so dont expect zero discrepancies right out the box. That applies with every video card. If any video card was perfect then I think we would be on the perfect video card bandwagon. Not a very valid reason to knock off 50 dollars...

So it's a driver problem? My concern was that the problem was inherent in the card's hardware.

Also, I've seen some customers at www.newegg.com say that the price for the 5870 used to be alot "cheaper." Does anyone happen to how how cheap it was before it came to be in the range of $400-$420?

Thanks.
 
So it's a driver problem? My concern was that the problem was inherent in the card's hardware.

Also, I've seen some customers at www.newegg.com say that the price for the 5870 used to be alot "cheaper." Does anyone happen to how how cheap it was before it came to be in the range of $400-$420?

Thanks.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/ati_radeon_5870_fastest_videocard_ever_ps_its_380?page=0,0

This should spill the beans. Its an interesting read though...
 
i think i could live with bad water. if thats all thats affected then i woulndn't really worry about it.

also you may want to try a local computer store and see what their prices are. if they have it in stock you can take it home that day instead of waiting for it to come in the mail.
 
i think i could live with bad water. if thats all thats affected then i woulndn't really worry about it.

also you may want to try a local computer store and see what their prices are. if they have it in stock you can take it home that day instead of waiting for it to come in the mail.

Their prices are usually rip-off prices for computer newbs to go and buy. I usually buy my computer parts at newegg or other online sites because they're cheaper. Sometimes, even with shipping, the price is still cheaper than that of the store.
 
So has anyone bought the card from way back? They say it was cheaper. If it was, then what was the price back then?
 
Just get it from www.newegg.com. It's probably the cheapest place and newegg is popular everywhere. I also would consider where i'm getting the card from, not only to look for the cheapest place.
 
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